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The beak

  • 1 os

    1.
    ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

    ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,

    Cato, R. R. 90:

    ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:

    oris hiatus,

    id. ib. 2, 47, 122:

    os tenerum pueri,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

    fetidum,

    Cic. Pis. 7, 13:

    trilingue,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:

    os loquentis Opprimere,

    Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:

    in ore est omni populo,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:

    istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:

    Harmodius in ore est,

    id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:

    in ore omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

    habere aliquid in ore,

    to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:

    poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,

    with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:

    uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,

    Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):

    virūm volitare per ora,

    Verg. G 3, 9:

    in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,

    to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:

    ire per ora Nomen,

    Sil. 3, 135:

    hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,

    i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:

    os alicujus aperire,

    to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;

    3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,

    threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—
    B.
    Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:

    ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:

    vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:

    figura oris,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

    in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,

    i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

    in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,

    come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:

    insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,

    Verg. G. 4, 92:

    ore rubicundo (gallina),

    Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:

    ales cristati cantibus oris,

    Ov. M. 11, 597:

    coram in os aliquem laudare,

    to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

    alicui laedere os,

    to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:

    praebere os,

    to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,

    os praebere ad contumeliam,

    Liv. 4, 35:

    in ore parentum liberos jugulat,

    before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:

    quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

    in ore omnium cotidie versari,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

    illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:

    ante ora conjugum omnia pati,

    Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:

    os durum!

    you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:

    os durissimum,

    very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    impudens,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

    quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?

    with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:

    quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

    nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:

    non, si Appii os haberem,

    id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:

    nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,

    Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—
    B.
    The head:

    Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

    truncis arborum antefixa ora,

    Tac. A. 1, 61. —
    C.
    Speech ( poet.):

    ora sono discordia signant,

    Verg. A. 2, 423.—
    D.
    A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:

    os lenonis aedium,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:

    porta velut in ore urbis,

    Liv. 25, 11 fin.:

    ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

    Verg. A. 2, 482:

    Ponti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

    os atque aditus portus,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

    30: specūs,

    entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:

    vascula oris angusti,

    Quint. 1, 2, 28:

    ulceris,

    Verg. G. 3, 454:

    Tiberis,

    Liv. 1, 33:

    venarum,

    Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:

    fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,

    Verg. A. 1, 245.—
    E.
    The beak of a ship:

    ora navium Rostrata,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—
    F.
    Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—
    G.
    The edge of a sword:

    interfecit in ore gladii,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.
    2.
    ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:

    OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,

    Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quid dicam de ossibus?

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

    cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:

    condere,

    to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:

    cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,

    id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—
    B.
    Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:

    arborum ossa,

    i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

    olearum ac palmularum,

    i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—
    II.
    Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:

    utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,

    Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

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  • 2 ossu

    1.
    ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

    ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,

    Cato, R. R. 90:

    ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:

    oris hiatus,

    id. ib. 2, 47, 122:

    os tenerum pueri,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

    fetidum,

    Cic. Pis. 7, 13:

    trilingue,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:

    os loquentis Opprimere,

    Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:

    in ore est omni populo,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:

    istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:

    Harmodius in ore est,

    id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:

    in ore omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

    habere aliquid in ore,

    to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:

    poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,

    with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:

    uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,

    Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):

    virūm volitare per ora,

    Verg. G 3, 9:

    in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,

    to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:

    ire per ora Nomen,

    Sil. 3, 135:

    hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,

    i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:

    os alicujus aperire,

    to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;

    3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,

    threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—
    B.
    Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:

    ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:

    vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:

    figura oris,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

    in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,

    i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

    in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,

    come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:

    insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,

    Verg. G. 4, 92:

    ore rubicundo (gallina),

    Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:

    ales cristati cantibus oris,

    Ov. M. 11, 597:

    coram in os aliquem laudare,

    to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

    alicui laedere os,

    to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:

    praebere os,

    to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,

    os praebere ad contumeliam,

    Liv. 4, 35:

    in ore parentum liberos jugulat,

    before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:

    quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

    in ore omnium cotidie versari,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

    illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:

    ante ora conjugum omnia pati,

    Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:

    os durum!

    you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:

    os durissimum,

    very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    impudens,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

    quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?

    with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:

    quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

    nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:

    non, si Appii os haberem,

    id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:

    nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,

    Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—
    B.
    The head:

    Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

    truncis arborum antefixa ora,

    Tac. A. 1, 61. —
    C.
    Speech ( poet.):

    ora sono discordia signant,

    Verg. A. 2, 423.—
    D.
    A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:

    os lenonis aedium,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:

    porta velut in ore urbis,

    Liv. 25, 11 fin.:

    ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

    Verg. A. 2, 482:

    Ponti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

    os atque aditus portus,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

    30: specūs,

    entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:

    vascula oris angusti,

    Quint. 1, 2, 28:

    ulceris,

    Verg. G. 3, 454:

    Tiberis,

    Liv. 1, 33:

    venarum,

    Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:

    fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,

    Verg. A. 1, 245.—
    E.
    The beak of a ship:

    ora navium Rostrata,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—
    F.
    Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—
    G.
    The edge of a sword:

    interfecit in ore gladii,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.
    2.
    ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:

    OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,

    Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quid dicam de ossibus?

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

    cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:

    condere,

    to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:

    cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,

    id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—
    B.
    Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:

    arborum ossa,

    i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

    olearum ac palmularum,

    i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—
    II.
    Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:

    utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,

    Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

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  • 3 embolum

    embŏlum, i, n., = embolon, the beak of a ship:

    aēneum,

    Petr. 30, 1.

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  • 4 rōstrum

        rōstrum ī, n    [rodo], a beak, bill, snout, muzzle, mouth: cibum adripere aduncitate rostrorum: sus rostro si humi A litteram inpresserit: (canis) extento rostro, O.— The curved end of a ship's prow, ship's beak: neque his (navibus) nostrae rostro nocere poterant, Cs.: rostro petere hostium navem, L.: Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor, i. e. triple beak, V.— Plur, the Rostra, a platform for speakers in the Forum (adorned with the beaks of ships taken from the Antians B.C. 338), L.— A stage, orator's pulpit, platform: in rostris curiam defendere: ut in rostris prius quam in senatu litterae recitarentur, L.: descendere de rostris: Frigidus a rostris manat per compita rumor, H.
    * * *
    beak, curved bow (of a ship); speaker's platform (in Rome's Forum) (pl.)

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  • 5 rostrum

    rōstrum, i, n. [rodo], the bill or beak of a bird; the snout, muzzle, mouth of animals (cf. proboscis).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cibum arripere aduncitate rostrorum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

    aves corneo proceroque rostro,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 101; Liv. 41, 13; Ov. M. 2, 376; 5, 545; 6, 673 et saep. al.:

    arietes tortis cornibus pronis ad rostrum,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4;

    of goats,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 2;

    of swine,

    Cic. Div. 1, [p. 1601] 13, 23; 2, 21, 48; Ov. M. 8, 371; 10, 713; 14, 282;

    of dogs,

    id. ib. 1, 536; 3, 249;

    of wolves,

    Plin. 28, 10, 44, § 157;

    of stags,

    id. 8, 32, 50, § 112;

    of a dolphin,

    id. 9, 8, 7, § 20;

    of tortoises,

    id. 9, 10, 12, § 37;

    of bees,

    id. 11, 10, 10, § 21 et saep.—
    B.
    In familiar or contemptuous lang., like our muzzle, snout, of persons, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. squarrosi, p. 329 Müll.; Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 13; Lucil., Nov., and Varr. ap. Non. 455, 10 sq.; Petr. 75, 10; so,

    too, of human statues,

    Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., of objects having a similar shape, the curved point of a vine-dresser's billhook, Col. 4, 25, 1;

    of a plough,

    Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 171;

    of hammers,

    id. 34, 14, 41, § 144;

    of lamps,

    id. 28, 11, 46, § 163;

    of an island,

    id. 10, 33, 49, § 137.—
    B.
    Esp. freq., the curved end of a ship ' s prow, a ship ' s beak; sing.:

    neque his (navibus) nostrae rostro nocere poterant,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13; so id. ib. 3, 14; id. B. C. 2, 6; Liv. 28, 30; 37, 30; Verg. A. 10, 157; 301:

    navis, cui argenteum aut aureum rostrum est,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 13; Ov. M. 4, 705 al. — Plur., Auct. B. Alex. 44, 3;

    46, 2.—Sometimes of a triple form: convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor,

    Verg. A. 5, 143; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 688:

    rostrum trifidum,

    Sil. 6, 358.—Hence,
    C.
    Rostra, the Rostra, a stage or platform for speakers in the Forum, so called from being adorned with the beaks of ships taken from the Antians A.U.C. 416, Liv. 8, 14; Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 Müll.; Plin. 34, 5, 11, § 20; Ascon. Mil. p. 43 Orell.; cf. Becker, Antiq. I. p. 279 sq. and p. 290; and, in gen., the place from which the assembled people were addressed, the orator ' s pulpit, or platform:

    ut semper in rostris curiam, in senatu populum defenderim,

    Cic. Pis. 3, 7:

    ut in rostris prius quam in senatu litterae recitarentur,

    Liv. 27, 50 fin.:

    in rostra escendere,

    Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; Liv. 30, 17:

    descendere ad rostra,

    Suet. Vit. 15:

    procedere in rostra,

    Plin. Pan. 65, 3:

    cum Vettius descendisset de rostris,

    Cic. Vatin. 11, 26; cf.:

    aliquem de rostris deducere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 21:

    rem a subselliis ad rostra detulit,

    Cic. Clu. 40, 111:

    caput Sulpicii erectum et ostentatum pro rostris,

    Vell. 2, 19, 1; cf.:

    aliquem defunctum laudare e more pro rostris (v. pro, II. 2.),

    Suet. Caes. 6; so,

    pro rostris,

    id. ib. 17; 20; 79; 84; id. Aug. 100; id. Tib. 6; id. Calig. 10; id. Claud. 22; id. Ner. 47; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 15, 3; Tac. A. 3, 5; 76; 4, 12; 5, 1;

    for which: laudavit ipse apud rostra formam ejus,

    id. ib. 16, 6:

    frigidus a rostris manat per compita rumor,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 50.— Sing.:

    tenere rostrum,

    Luc. 1, 275:

    rostrum forumque optare,

    id. 7, 65.— Poet.:

    campumque et rostra movebat,

    i. e. the assembled people, Luc. 8, 685.

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  • 6 cornū

        cornū ūs （acc. cornum, T., O.), n (once m, C.)    [1 CAR-], a horn, antler: (animantes) cornibus armatae: tauri, O.: cornu ferit (caper), V.: luctantur cornibus haedi, V.—As a vessel: bilibre, H.—As a funnel: inserto latices infundere cornu, V.—With copia, the horn of plenty (an emblem of abundance): beata pleno Copia cornu, H.: dives meo Bona Copia cornu, O.—A horny substance, horn (poet.): solido sonat ungula cornu, V.: ora cornu indurata rigent, i. e. by the growth of horny bills, O.—A projection, protuberance, horn, point, end: flexum a cornibus arcum Tendit, i. e. from tip to tip, O.: Cornua antemnarum, tips, V.: cornua cristae, the cone (supporting the crest), V.: galeae, L.: per novem cornua lunae, months, O.: septem digestus in cornua Nilus, branches, O.: inclusam cornibus aequor, capes, O.: in cornu sedere, at the end (of the tribunal), L.—Of an army, the wing, extremity, side: dextrum, sinistrum, Cs.: equitatum in cornibus locat, S. — A bow: Parthum, V.—A bugle-horn, horn, trumpet: misit cornua, tubas: Aerea cornua, V.: Berecyntium, H.— The sides of the lyre (orig. two horns holding the strings), C.—In a constellation, The Horn: Tauri, O.: Aries cum cornibus. — Fig., a salient point, chief argument: cornua commovere disputationis. —The wing, flank: qui quasi cornua duo tenuerunt Caesaris, i. e. were his main dependence.—Power, courage, strength, might: addis cornua pauperi, H.
    * * *
    horn; hoof; beak/tusk/claw; bow; horn/trumpet; end, wing of army; mountain top

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  • 7 rostratus

    rostrātus, a, um, adj. [id.], having a beak, hook, or crooked point; beaked, curved at the end, rostrated:

    falces,

    Col. 2, 20, 30:

    vectis,

    Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 171:

    navis,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 98; Suet. Caes. 63; Auct. B. Afr. 23; cf.

    prora,

    Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; and:

    impetus liburnicarum,

    id. 10, 23, 32, § 63: rostrata corona = navalis corona, a crown ornamented with small figures of beaks of ships, given to him who first boarded the enemy ' s vessel, Plin. 16, 4, 3, § 7; 22, 3, 4, § 6.— Hence, in poet. transf.:

    (Agrippae) Tempora navali fulgent rostrata coronā,

    Verg. A. 8, 684; so,

    too, Columna rostrata,

    a column erected in the Forum, to commemorate the naval victory of Duilius in the first Punic war, which was adorned with the beaks of the conquered vessels, Liv. 42, 20, 1; Quint. 1, 7, 12 (cf. Plin. 34, 5, 11, § 20; Sil. 6, 663);

    also in the order rostrata columna,

    Suet. Galb. 23;

    v. the parts of the inscription on this column still extant (one of the oldest monuments of Latin literature), with modern restorations,

    Inscr. Orell. 549.

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  • 8 ōs

       ōs ōris (no gen plur.), n     the mouth: ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum: tenerum pueri, H.: os loquentis Opprimere, O.: e foliis natos Ore legunt (apes), V.: Gallica Temperat ora frenis, i. e. controls the horses, H.: nidum sibi construit ore, beak, O.: hostilia Ora canum, jaws, O.— Prov.: equi frenato est auris in ore, H.—The organ of speech, mouth, tongue, lips: in orest omni populo, in everybody's mouth, T.: istius nequitiam in ore volgi esse versatam: Postumius in ore erat, was the common talk, L.: consolatio, quam semper in ore habere debemus, to talk of constantly: poscebatur ore volgi dux Agricola, unanimously, Ta.: uno ore dicere, with one consent, T.: Uno ore auctores fuere, ut, etc., unanimously advised, T.: volito vivus per ora virūm, become famous, Enn. ap. C.: in ora hominum pro ludibrio abire, become a by-word of mockery, L.: quasi pleniore ore laudare, with more zest.—The face, countenance, look, expression, features: figura oris, T.: in ore sunt omnia, i. e. everything depends on the expression: concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper, leave them alone, T.: ad tribunum ora convertunt, looks, Cs.: agnoscunt ora parentum, V.: ales cristati cantibus oris, O.: coram in os te laudare, to your face, T.: nulli laedere os, insult to his face, T.: qui hodie usque os praebui, exposed myself to insult, T.: ut esset posteris ante os documentum, etc.: ante ora coniugum omnia pati, L.: Ora corticibus horrenda cavatis, masks, V.—As expressing boldness or modesty, the face, cheek, front, brow<*> os durum! brazen cheek! T.: os durissimum, very bold front: quo redibo ore ad eam, with what face? T.: quo ore ostendi posse? etc., L.: in testimonio nihil praeter vocem et os praestare.—Boldness, effrontery, impudence: quod tandem os est eius patroni, qui, etc.: nostis os hominis.—A voice, speech, expression: ora sono discordia signant, V.: ruit profundo Pindarus ore, H.: falsi ambages oris, O.— A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice, front: ante os ipsum portūs, L.: ingentem lato dedit ore <*>enestram, V.: os atque aditus portūs: Tiberis, L.: per ora novem, etc., sources, V.: ora navium Rostrata, beaks, H.—Fig., a mouth: ex tot<*>us belli ore ac faucibus.
    * * *
    I
    mouth, speech, expression; face; pronunciation
    II
    bone; (implement, gnawed, dead); kernel (nut); heartwood (tree); stone (fruit)
    III
    bones (pl.); (dead people)

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  • 9 rōstrātus

        rōstrātus adj.    [rostrum], having a beak, hooked, with a crooked point, beaked, with a curved front: navis: Columna Rostrata, a column in the Forum, commemorating the victory of Duilius in the first Punic war, and adorned with the beaks of the captured vessels, L.—Poet.: cui (Agrippae) Tempora navali fulgent rostrata coronā, i. e. are decorated for naval victories, V.
    * * *
    rostrata, rostratum ADJ

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  • 10 concresco

    con-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. concresse, Ov. M. 7, 416), v. n., to grow together; hence with the prevailing idea of uniting, and generally of soft or liquid substances which thicken; to harden, condense, curdle, stiffen, congeal, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.:

    concrescunt semina (opp. extenuantur),

    Lucr. 4, 1261; 6, 626; cf.:

    concrescunt subitae currenti in flumine crustae,

    Verg. G. 3, 360;

    opp. liquere,

    Cic. Univ. 14: rigido concrescere rostro Ora videt, to stiffen into a hard beak. Ov. M. 5, 673; cf.:

    Aconteus Gorgone conspectā saxo concrevit oborto,

    id. ib. 5, 202 (cf. also saxoque oculorum induruit umor, id. ib. 5, 233):

    quo pacto pluvius concrescat in altis Nubibus umor,

    Lucr. 6, 495; cf. id. 6, 250:

    imbres gelidis concrescunt ventis,

    Ov. M. 9, 220:

    (aqua) neque conglaciaret frigoribus neque nive pruināque concresceret, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

    gelidus concrevit frigore sanguis,

    Verg. A. 12, 905:

    cum lac concrevit,

    Col. 7, 8, 3; cf. Ov. M. 12, 436: concretos sanguine crines, stuck together or clotted, Verg. A. 2, 277; cf.:

    concreta sanguine barba,

    Ov. M. 14, 201.—With in and acc.:

    crystalli modo glaciari et in lapidem concrescere,

    harden into, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161; cf.:

    aër... tum autem concretus in nubis cogitur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    To take form, to grow, increase:

    de terris terram concrescere parvis,

    Lucr. 1, 840:

    terrā in ipsā taetro concrescere odore bitumen,

    id. 6, 807; Verg. E. 6, 34; cf.:

    indagatio initiorum unde omnia orta, generata, concreta sint,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69; 1, 24, 56:

    valles, quae fluminum alluvie et inundationibus concreverint,

    Col. 3, 11, 8.—With ex:

    omne corpus aut aqua aut aër aut ignis aut terra est, aut id quod est concretum ex aliquā parte eorum,

    composed, formed of, Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 30; so id. ib. 3, 14, 34; Tac. A. 13, 57.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    illud funestum animal, ex nefariis stupris, ex civili cruore concretum (al. conceptum),

    Cic. Pis. 9, 21. —
    B.
    (Con intens.) To grow strong, to rise by growing, etc. (so very rare):

    (lana) quanto prolixior in pecore concrescit, tanto, etc.,

    Col. 7, 3, 10 (but in Lucr. 5, 833, the best reading is clarescit; v. Lachm.).—Hence, concrētus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), grown together, concrete, compound, condensed, hardened, thick, hard, stiff, curdled, congealed, clotted, etc. (class.):

    dubitare non possumus quin nihil sit animis admixtum, nihil concretum, nihil copulatum, nihil coagmentatum, nihil duplex,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; 1, 27, 66:

    aër crassus et concretus,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 42; Lucr. 1, 1018; 5, 467 sq.:

    aër (opp. fusus, extenuatus),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101; cf.:

    pingue et concretum esse caelum,

    id. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    umores (opp. acres),

    id. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

    spuma,

    Ov. M. 4, 537:

    lac,

    Verg. G. 3, 463:

    in sanguine,

    Ov. M. 13, 492:

    mare,

    Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 104:

    nix concreta pruinā,

    Lucr. 3, 20:

    concreta et durata glacies,

    Liv. 21, 36, 8; cf.:

    concreta frigora canā pruinā,

    stiffened by the hoary frost, Verg. G. 2, 376:

    gelu,

    Curt. 8, 4.— Poet., of light: cum claram speciem concreto lumine luna abdidit, thick, i. e. dimmed, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18:

    nanus et ipse suos breviter concretus in artus,

    shortened, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 41:

    dolor,

    benumbing, tearless, Ov. P. 2, 11, 10.— Subst.: concrētum, i, n., firm or solid matter:

    species quaedam deorum, quae nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75.—Esp. (sc. gelu), hard or stiff frost:

    nec semine jacto Concretum patitur radicem adfigere terrae,

    Verg. G. 2, 318 Rib. Forbig.; cf. Hildebr. ad App. M. 1, p. 455. (By others concretum is made acc. of 2. concretus. The common reading is concretam, sc. gelu, the root stiffened by frost; cf. Forbig. ad loc.)— Comp.:

    semen concretius,

    Lucr. 4, 1240:

    spuma lactis concretior,

    Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 239: ossa concreta, t. t., solid bones, i. e. without marrow, id. 7, 18, 18, § 78.— Sup. and adv. not in use.

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  • 11 concretum

    con-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. concresse, Ov. M. 7, 416), v. n., to grow together; hence with the prevailing idea of uniting, and generally of soft or liquid substances which thicken; to harden, condense, curdle, stiffen, congeal, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.:

    concrescunt semina (opp. extenuantur),

    Lucr. 4, 1261; 6, 626; cf.:

    concrescunt subitae currenti in flumine crustae,

    Verg. G. 3, 360;

    opp. liquere,

    Cic. Univ. 14: rigido concrescere rostro Ora videt, to stiffen into a hard beak. Ov. M. 5, 673; cf.:

    Aconteus Gorgone conspectā saxo concrevit oborto,

    id. ib. 5, 202 (cf. also saxoque oculorum induruit umor, id. ib. 5, 233):

    quo pacto pluvius concrescat in altis Nubibus umor,

    Lucr. 6, 495; cf. id. 6, 250:

    imbres gelidis concrescunt ventis,

    Ov. M. 9, 220:

    (aqua) neque conglaciaret frigoribus neque nive pruināque concresceret, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

    gelidus concrevit frigore sanguis,

    Verg. A. 12, 905:

    cum lac concrevit,

    Col. 7, 8, 3; cf. Ov. M. 12, 436: concretos sanguine crines, stuck together or clotted, Verg. A. 2, 277; cf.:

    concreta sanguine barba,

    Ov. M. 14, 201.—With in and acc.:

    crystalli modo glaciari et in lapidem concrescere,

    harden into, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161; cf.:

    aër... tum autem concretus in nubis cogitur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101.—
    II.
    Meton.
    A.
    To take form, to grow, increase:

    de terris terram concrescere parvis,

    Lucr. 1, 840:

    terrā in ipsā taetro concrescere odore bitumen,

    id. 6, 807; Verg. E. 6, 34; cf.:

    indagatio initiorum unde omnia orta, generata, concreta sint,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69; 1, 24, 56:

    valles, quae fluminum alluvie et inundationibus concreverint,

    Col. 3, 11, 8.—With ex:

    omne corpus aut aqua aut aër aut ignis aut terra est, aut id quod est concretum ex aliquā parte eorum,

    composed, formed of, Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 30; so id. ib. 3, 14, 34; Tac. A. 13, 57.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    illud funestum animal, ex nefariis stupris, ex civili cruore concretum (al. conceptum),

    Cic. Pis. 9, 21. —
    B.
    (Con intens.) To grow strong, to rise by growing, etc. (so very rare):

    (lana) quanto prolixior in pecore concrescit, tanto, etc.,

    Col. 7, 3, 10 (but in Lucr. 5, 833, the best reading is clarescit; v. Lachm.).—Hence, concrētus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), grown together, concrete, compound, condensed, hardened, thick, hard, stiff, curdled, congealed, clotted, etc. (class.):

    dubitare non possumus quin nihil sit animis admixtum, nihil concretum, nihil copulatum, nihil coagmentatum, nihil duplex,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; 1, 27, 66:

    aër crassus et concretus,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 42; Lucr. 1, 1018; 5, 467 sq.:

    aër (opp. fusus, extenuatus),

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101; cf.:

    pingue et concretum esse caelum,

    id. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    umores (opp. acres),

    id. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

    spuma,

    Ov. M. 4, 537:

    lac,

    Verg. G. 3, 463:

    in sanguine,

    Ov. M. 13, 492:

    mare,

    Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 104:

    nix concreta pruinā,

    Lucr. 3, 20:

    concreta et durata glacies,

    Liv. 21, 36, 8; cf.:

    concreta frigora canā pruinā,

    stiffened by the hoary frost, Verg. G. 2, 376:

    gelu,

    Curt. 8, 4.— Poet., of light: cum claram speciem concreto lumine luna abdidit, thick, i. e. dimmed, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18:

    nanus et ipse suos breviter concretus in artus,

    shortened, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 41:

    dolor,

    benumbing, tearless, Ov. P. 2, 11, 10.— Subst.: concrētum, i, n., firm or solid matter:

    species quaedam deorum, quae nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75.—Esp. (sc. gelu), hard or stiff frost:

    nec semine jacto Concretum patitur radicem adfigere terrae,

    Verg. G. 2, 318 Rib. Forbig.; cf. Hildebr. ad App. M. 1, p. 455. (By others concretum is made acc. of 2. concretus. The common reading is concretam, sc. gelu, the root stiffened by frost; cf. Forbig. ad loc.)— Comp.:

    semen concretius,

    Lucr. 4, 1240:

    spuma lactis concretior,

    Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 239: ossa concreta, t. t., solid bones, i. e. without marrow, id. 7, 18, 18, § 78.— Sup. and adv. not in use.

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  • 12 flecto

    flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n. [root in Gr. pholkos, bandy-legged; phalkês, the bent rib of a ship; L. falx; falco, so called from the curve of its claws or beak; cf. Germ. Falke; Engl. falcon].
    I.
    Act., to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round (freq. and class.; syn.: plecto, plico, curvo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    animal omne membra quocumque vult, flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    ora retro,

    Ov. M. 3, 188:

    vultus ad illum,

    id. ib. 4, 265;

    10, 236: lumina a gurgite in nullam partem,

    id. ib. 8, 367:

    geminas acies huc,

    to turn, direct, Verg. A. 6, 789; cf.

    oculos,

    id. ib. 8, 698:

    equos brevi moderari ac flectere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

    equum,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 25:

    currum de foro in Capitolium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 30, § 77:

    plaustrum,

    Ov. M. 10, 447: navem, Auct. B. Alex. 64 fin.:

    habenas,

    Ov. M. 2, 169:

    cursus in orbem,

    id. ib. 6, 225; cf.:

    cursus in laevum,

    id. Tr. 1, 10, 17:

    iter ad Privernum,

    Liv. 8, 19, 13 Drak. N. cr.:

    iter Demetriadem,

    id. 35, 31, 3:

    tu (Bacche) flectis amnes, tu mare barbarum,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 17:

    arcus,

    to bend, Ov. M. 4, 303; cf.:

    flexos incurvant viribus arcus,

    Verg. A. 5, 500:

    flexum genu,

    Ov. M. 4, 340:

    artus,

    Liv. 21, 58, 9:

    flexi crines,

    curled, Mart. 3, 63, 3; 10, 65, 6; Juv. 6, 493:

    flexum mare,

    i.e. a bay, Tac. A. 14, 4:

    flexi fractique motus,

    contorted, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35:

    hinc (silva) se flectit sinistrorsus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 3.—Mid.: quasi amnis celeris rapit, sed tamen inflexu flectitur, Naev. ap. Non. 191, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 42 Rib.):

    (milvus) flectitur in gyrum,

    wheels, Ov. M. 2, 718:

    modo flector in anguem,

    I bend, wind myself into a snake, id. ib. 8, 883:

    sol ab ea (Cancri) meta incipit flecti,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264: Euphrates ad meridiem flectitur, id. 6, 26, 30, § 125.—
    2.
    In partic., naut. t. t., to go round or double a promontory:

    cum in flectendis promontoriis ventorum mutationes maximas saepe sentiant,

    Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94:

    Leucaten flectere molestum videbatur,

    id. Att. 5, 9, 1.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to bend, turn, direct:

    ducere multimodis voces et flectere cantus,

    Lucr. 5, 1406:

    vocem,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 25:

    qui teneros et rudes cum acceperunt, inficiunt et flectunt, ut volunt,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; cf.:

    imbecillitatem animorum torquere et flectere,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 29:

    suam naturam huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

    id. Cael. 6, 13:

    vitam flectere fingereque,

    id. Sull. 28, 79:

    mentes suas ad nostrum imperium nomenque,

    id. Balb. 17, 39:

    aliquem a proposito,

    Liv. 28, 22, 11:

    scribentis animum a vero,

    id. 1 praef. 5:

    animus ab aliqua opinione flectendus,

    Quint. 4, 2, 80:

    animos ad publica carmina,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 23: quo vobis mentes... dementes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 209 ed. Vahl.):

    est viri et ducis oblata casu flectere ad consilium,

    Liv. 28, 44, 8:

    juvenis cereus in vitium flecti,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    quod procul a nobis flectat Fortuna gubernans,

    turn aside, avert, Lucr. 5, 108.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To bend (in opinion or in will), to move, persuade, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease (cf.:

    moveo, afficio): quibus rebus ita flectebar animo atque frangebar, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Sull. 6, 18:

    sed quid te oratione flectam?... qua re flecte te, quaeso,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 35: facile Achivos flexeris, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4, 3 (Trag. v. 229 ed. Vahl.):

    judices,

    Quint. 6, 1, 9:

    flectere mollibus jam durum imperiis,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 6:

    precibus si flecteris ullis,

    Verg. A. 2, 689:

    flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo,

    id. ib. 7, 312; cf.:

    nisi dii immortales suo numine prope fata ipsa flexissent,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

    desine fata deum flecti sperare precando,

    Verg. A. 6, 376:

    animos commutare atque omni ratione flectere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 52 fin.:

    ingenium alicujus aversum,

    Sall. J. 102, 3:

    si quem a proposito spes mollitiave animi flexisset,

    divert, dissuade, Liv. 28, 22, 11: dictis nostris sententia flexa est, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 264 ed. Vahl.):

    si flectitur ira deorum,

    Ov. M. 1, 378: cf. id. Tr. 3, 5, 41:

    hortaturque simul flectitque labores,

    soothes, Stat. S. 5, 1, 119:

    ad deditionem primos,

    Liv. 5, 43, 1.—Mid.:

    plurimum valet miseratio, quae judicem flecti non tantum cogit, sed, etc.,

    to let himself be moved, Quint. 6, 1, 23:

    flexi in misericordiam,

    Amm. 12, 27.—
    b.
    (Acc. to I. A. 2.) To turn aside from, to avoid a thing:

    ut eam (viam) flectas, te rogo,

    Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2 (but B. and K. ex conj. C. F. Hermann read ira, v. a. sup.); cf.:

    flexit viam,

    Liv. 1, 60, 1:

    dolo a se flexos imputavit civilis,

    Tac. H. 5, 24.—
    c.
    To refer to or apply to any one:

    versus qui in Tiberium flecterentur,

    Tac. A. 6, 29:

    Augustus quaedam ex horrida illa antiquitate ad praesentem usum flexisset,

    id. ib. 4, 16.—
    d.
    In grammar.
    (α).
    To form a word from another language:

    verba derivare, flectere, conjungere,

    Quint. 8, 3, 36:

    hoc vocabulum (pollex) de Graeco flexum est,

    Gell. 4, 3 fin. —
    (β).
    To decline, conjugate, inflect, Varr. L. L. 10, 2, 29 al.—
    (γ).
    Flectere syllabam, to mark with the circumflex accent, and hence, to lengthen, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt.
    II.
    Neutr., to turn, go, or march in any direction (post-Aug.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    cum procul hos laevo flectentes limite cernunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 372:

    ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles,

    Liv. 3, 8, 6;

    Hasdrubal ad Oceanum flectit,

    id. 28, 16, 3:

    inde Vitellius Cremonam flexit,

    Tac. H. 2, 70:

    in Capitolium,

    Suet. Tib. 20.—
    B.
    Trop., of thought or speech, to turn in any direction:

    ad providentiam sapientiamque,

    Tac. A. 13, 3:

    in ambitionem,

    id. ib. 4, 37:

    a veneratione Augusti orsus flexit ad victorias Tiberii,

    id. ib. 1, 34.—Hence, flexus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., bent, winding:

    error,

    Ov. M. 8, 160:

    zodiacus circa Cancrum Capricornumque flexior,

    Mart. Cap. 8, § 878.—In neutr. plur. subst.: collium flexa, Minuc. Fel. Octav. 17.—
    B.
    Trop., of tones, lengthened:

    infinito magis illa flexa et circumducta sunt,

    Quint. 11, 3, 172.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > flecto

  • 13 uncus

    1.
    uncus, i, m. [Sanscr. root ak, ankami, bend; Gr. ankôn, onkos; cf.: ancus, ungulus], a hook, barb.
    I.
    In gen., Liv. 30, 10, 16; Col. 3, 18, 2:

    ferrei,

    Cato, R. R. 10; 13.—As an attribute of Necessitas, Hor. C. 1, 35, 20.— Poet., an anchor, Val. Fl. 2, 428.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A hook that was fastened to the neck of condemned criminals, and by which they were dragged to the Tiber, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. rab. Perd. 5, 16; Ov. Ib. 168; Juv. 10, 66; cf.:

    et bene cum fixum mento discusseris uncum, Nil erit hoc: rostro te premet ansa suo,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 141. —
    B.
    A surgical instrument, Cels. 7, 29.
    2.
    uncus, a, um, adj. [1. uncus], hooked, bent in, crooked, curved, barbed ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

    syn.: curvus, recurvus): uncus hamus,

    Ov. M. 15, 476;

    also called unca aera,

    id. P. 2, 7, 10:

    cornua (tauri),

    Prop. 2, 5, 19:

    aratrum,

    Verg. G. 1, 19; Ov. M. 5, 341; 7, 210; cf.:

    vomer aratri,

    Lucr. 1, 313;

    also called dens,

    Verg. G. 2, 423:

    pedes (harpyiae),

    id. A. 3, 233:

    ungues,

    Lucr. 5, 1322:

    manus,

    Verg. G. 2, 365:

    digiti,

    Col. 7, 11, 2:

    cauda,

    Ov. M. 15, 371:

    labrum,

    Lucr. 4, 588; 5, 1407.—
    II.
    Transf.:

    unco non alligat ancora morsu,

    Verg. A. 1, 169:

    avis Minervae,

    i. e. with crooked beak and talons, Stat. Th. 3, 507; cf.

    alites,

    id. ib. 12, 212.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > uncus

  • 14 aereus

        aereus adj.    [aes], of copper, of bronze: signa, L.: clipeus, Cu.: vectes, V.: clipeus, V.: puppis, i. e. with bronze beak, V.
    * * *
    I
    aerea, aereum ADJ
    made of/bound with/armored with/of the color of copper/bronze/brass; of/produced in/existing in/flying in air, airborne/aerial; towering/airy; blue
    II

    Latin-English dictionary > aereus

  • 15 cornum

        cornum ī, n    [1 cornus], the cornel-berry, cornel-cherry, V., H., O. — A javelin (of cornelwood), O.
    * * *
    I
    horn; hoof; beak/tusk/claw; bow; horn/trumpet; end, wing of army; mountain top
    II
    cornel berry/cherry, fruit of cornelian cherry tree; javelin/spear (of cornel)

    Latin-English dictionary > cornum

  • 16 prostomis

    prostŏmis, ĭdis, f., = prostomis, an instrument to hold a horse by the nose, a barnacle, twitch, beak; trop., a drinkingvessel, Lucil. ap. Non. 1, n. 84 (others read postomis, q. v.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > prostomis

  • 17 pyrrhocorax

    pyrrhŏcŏrax, ăcis, m., = purrokorax, a kind of crow with a reddish beak, the Alpine-crow, hermit-crow: Corvus pyrrhocorax, Linn.; Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 133 (al. pyrocorax).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pyrrhocorax

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